My final verdict is "Set right-of-way hub and tack," as Gary first opined. This point is not the end of a tangent, and if it were, it would be called ...

Were 2" true-OD monuments in use in the 1960s, or was he using iron pipe and rounding off to 2"? Well were they? I doubt it. (And there's no such th...

Considering the context of the 1963 survey: It shows the proposed new road, The monument is located at the edge of the new road's right of way, The...

The next map of this area is by another surveyor in the same firm (which is still in operation) in 1965. Between the 1963 and 1965 maps, Bear Creek Rd...

If all you need is a graphical depiction of the metes and bounds text, try. It also can output a KML file to import into Google Earth--again, just for...

Thank you all for your very helpful answers. And to answer Rover83's inquiry, yes, you might say I'm an owner-surveyor, a PE mechanical but not an L...

Thank you all for your many enlightening remarks and reflections! Yes, the map is in (or "based on") grid bearings and ground distances. The point at...

@mightymoe Don't know what this grid is you speak of. You don't? The word is right there in the second image in my post. But let me give you a b...

@lurker Yes, I get that. But I want the instrument to measure V.dist. I'm saying that CoGo --> Compute point won't do it. What is the automatic met...

I have a question about V.dist, but first some more background. I have the instrument positioned conveniently, but not on a control point, and I'm doi...

Thank you Rover83 and RADAR! Got it! Bill93: Thank you for that reminder. I forgot to mention that I took trig in high school; it was summer schoo...